I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Make Your Own Rope Tug Toy For Dogs

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If you have pets and love them nearly as much as I love Lucy, you probably know it’s tempting to spend hundreds of dollars into unnecessary toys and trinkets to keep them happy. But it doesn’t mean you have to stop making them happy, you just have to be smarter about it so you avoid spending hundreds of dollars on them.

There is a simple {and FREE!} way to make a fun toy for your dog. They are happy, you are happy and it won’t cost you a penny.

All you need is a few old t-shirts and the ability to braid. Easy peasy. Cut those old, tattered, unused t-shirts into strips, lay the strips out in groups {maybe by color if you want to get fancy}, twist them together and tie a knot at the top. Then braid the shirts and tie another knot at the bottom to finish.

Thanks for the awesome DIY! We just got a new Great Dane puppy and she wants to chew and play tug of war with EVERYTHING!! And all the toys we find are chewed up in about 3.4 seconds, so I may have to make some with the jeans like Butterflyweed suggested! Thanks!!